Reason Behind Overeating

Food for many has become a battleground; it exists in a way beyond nourishment into fulfillment. Sometimes we actively eat to satiate something other than hunger. We eat to feel better, to forget, to be in control, to relax and let go. The list goes on. It is when we eat for anything other than hunger that we have created this struggle, this battle with food. It is a habit formed to help ourselves to deal with something bigger, more “powerful”, than we can cope with. So we resort to food as a way to put it off. Food is not the problem; it is not bigger than what it is. It is what we have allocated to eating; it is the power we have given it in our lives.

Food exists simply to nourish our bodies; it is when we replace that by emotions and thoughts that we lose the simplicity of it. Have you ever found yourself eating simply to eat? That it makes you feel better just eating? Of course the desire is there because of a need, we cover up the need by eating. That is why it is such a hard circle to break. The habit exists because of a beginning, and that is what you need to find. By realizing what raises the desire to eat, the connection from the feeling to the response, you are part way there. For underneath that moment is the real truth that needs fulfillment.
The real reason leading to overeating comes from a personal need, individual to each of us. Do not cloud over the idea that you eat just because, for the excuse isn’t the problem. It is the issue of how it began. To go back to the beginning you can find out how to release the issue so that you can move forward in your life. You can be free of food being more than it is.

To find out why you need to overeat, why it has become your solution, you have to call up where the desire comes from. If you look inside of yourself with honesty, what do you see as the desire arises? You may feel a lot of emotions or trains of thoughts. Do not get distracted by your old excuses for why you do what you do. Go underneath of all of that, go to where it really begins. Let yourself sink into that place, asking why and what do you really need. You may be surprised at what you see in yourself. For to make it okay to eat we also overlook where it comes from. In order to accept what we do on a personal level to our bodies it has to be okay. And it is- these are our choices to make, but if you want to be free of what is holding you down and of overeating you need to reach inside and ask why. Why do I need to do this, where does it come from, and what can I really do to feel better and make it okay.

Remember overeating is only on the surface, it is an easy and enjoyable solution that makes us feel better. But in the long run we are still left with the true issue of why. And no matter of overeating will ever satiate the reason for its existence. Food is not the Band-Aid to your needs. It is simply available and prominent in our lives. By looking within you can find your reasons. By searching you can help yourself heal; you can come to a place of seeing food for what it is, substance for your body, nothing more. Really, I know it seems unlikely, but remember you once chose to use food as a substitute and it no longer needs to be.

Imagine not having the need to eat except when you are hungry, imagine being free of that overriding desire. It can happen; you can find that truth in yourself through honesty and commitment to your well-being. By reaching that place of existence, from where it began, you can find out how to help yourself, how to resolve the issue and let it go so you can be yourself around food with no tendencies or desires, other than hunger. Let yourself find this place, be free to be you at all times. Let yourself heal from the beginning and you will find overeating is no longer necessary or needed. You can find peace with food, but first find peace for yourself from within.